Suitcase



B. ELLIOTT.

SUITCASE. APPLICATION- FILED W121. 192:.

93,27 Emma Oct. 11,1921,

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Be it" known that IT, BAMEORD; Etnrorrfa' citizen 1 of theflUnited" States, residing at Worcester, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a; new

i anduseful Suitcase, of which the following llfi is a specification.

are to provide a'construction f suitcase in which the covering will be unitedwith the frame without the. necessity of employing the usual row of rivets around the edge of the, case and to provide a method of assem bling the sameinaccordance with saidconf struction. Y a Heretofore, suitcases have been finished by 3 placing. the tipping back of the front edge of the covering. and riveting tothe frame all along the edge. Thisprovides, it is true, a"pOS1t1V6.COnI16Ct1OI1-of the covering withthe frame and-also positively holds the tipping in'positionbut itinvolves the necessity of providing a). series of rivets all around the case nearithe edge. These fur-1 nish. metallic proj ections "which are a;source of somertrouble because they tend to cut the covering and are apt to mar furniture oranything with which thesuitcase comes into contact They involve additional expense also and detractfrom:the-appearance of the finished article. f'w a This'invention designed chiefly to avoid the use of these rivets. Reference is to be had to the which- Figure 1 is an end view ofa suitcase con structed in accordance with this invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the bottom of'th'e same on theline 27-2 of Fig. 1 on a greatly enlarged scale; c

i Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the case on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, but Showing the cover closed, and i Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the edge of the covering showing the tipping applied thereto according to this invention before these parts are applied to the frame.

a The suitcase is constructed as usual with a frame 10, preferably of thin wood. constituting its four side and end walls. l have shown a frame of the same shape as has been in use heretofore. This ordinarily is cov ered with a covering 11 which may be of leather, cloth, woven fiber or any other suitable material. This is not changed by the present invention. The raw edge of this is a p tant change is made. i The principal objects of this invention accompanying drawings, in

S pecific'ationof Ltters PatentJ, Patented Oct. ff, 1921. iApplication filed January zl, 1921. serial noesaasr.

cloth or leather preferably sewedtoflit by means of a line of stitches 13. all around it. a

This. also is the samearrangement as has been used for many years.

From this point on, however; an impor-" which may be ofcloth, leather or any other desired flexible material, is sewed to the binding and covering by a row of stitches 15 parallel with the stitches'13' in the position shown inFxig t This constitutesa The tipping sheet 14,;

double line-of stitching all around the edge:

of thelcovering on the four sides of the article, when completed.

The covering is then applied toithe frarrie and its edges. brought .around a into their usual position. Instead of riveting them to the frame,;a s has been the case ordinarily;

the tippingsheet is folded over the slanting.

edgeof the frame 10 as shown mostclearly in Fig. 2and glued or cemented down to the inside of the same directly. In cementing or gluing the; tipping to the frame it is secured to the outer walland'top edge as well asto the innerwall, thus firmly uniting the covering allaround its edge. The lining 16 of the. case is then glued to the inside of the frame and over the edgeof thetipping." Thisfinishes'the article."

It will be seen that the covering isfirmly held against the outerwall of the frame by the construction that has been described. This constitutes the only means for securing the edge of the covering except at such points as are necessarily riveted as, for ex- Furthermore. the covering cannot slide back away from the edge of the frame because the tipping anchors it from motion in that direction.

Although'lhave shown and described the invention as applied to a suitcase proper, or

bottom of the case, it will be understood,

especially from Fig. 3, that it can be applied with a slight modification tothe cover also.

ample, where the hinges and fastening de vices are applled and in some constructlonsv at the corners where thelayers of the coverof construction saves materially in the amount of time required in manufacture g and yetproduces a product that is just as strongand durable as the old construction and much. neater in appearance and somewhat less expensive tomanufacture. I find in practice that the edge of the cover even on therear, where it has its longest span betweenthe hinge rivets, retains its position and'shape indefinitely' l Although I have'illustrated and described only a single" form of the invention I am aware-ofithe fact" that modifications can be made therein by any person skilled in the art without departing from thescope of the invention as expressed in the claims.

I sewed along'and covering the edge of said covering, and 'a'tipping sewe d'to the binding and covering, projecting inwardly over he outer edge of the frame, and being secured tojthe inner surface of the frame all Therefore, I do not wish to be limited to all of the details of construction herein shown and described but what I claim is 1. As an article of manufacture, a suitcase having a frame and a covering, a binding around to 'hold the covering and binding tightly against the frame outside.

' 2. 1Asfan article of manufacture, a suit-' case having awoo denframe and a flexible covering therefor, a binding sew-ed along the edge of said covering, and av tipping sheet of flexible material sewed to the binding andcovering by a line of stitches extending through all three all along the edge I have found in practice that this method of the case, projecting outwardly therefrom beyond the binding and inwardly over the outer edge of the frame, and being secured to the inner surface of the frame all around to hold the binding and covering tightly against the frame outside.

3. The method of finishing a suitcase which consists in placing a binding on the edge of the covering and securing it thereto all around the edge, then securin the edge of a tipping sheet to the rear side of said binding in position with the front of the tipping sheet against the rear of the binding, so that the tipping projects beyond the same, applying the covering to the frame,

and securing it thereto bypassing the tipping over the edge of the frame and fixing it to the inner-surface of the frame.

4. As an article of manufacture, a suitcase having a frame provided with a covering on the outside thereof extending nearly to the edge of the frame, a binding sewed around the edge of the covering, and a. tipping sheet extending between the binding and frame and sewed to the binding and covering and projecting along the outside of theframe over the edge thereof and inwardl thereover.

5. case having a bottom and a cover, said cover being provided with a frame and a covering outside said frame projecting beyond the edge thereof, said covering having a bindin over its edge, and a tipping sheet securec to theinside of the frame and extending over its edge and outwardly therefrom'under the inner surface of said binding and secured thereto and to the cover.

In" testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature.

BAMFORD ELLIOTT.

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